Delegation to Puerto Rico spars with Trump over timing of trip | TheHill Tuesday January 15 th , 2019 at 9:27 AM 1 Share © Greg Nash SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The largest-ever delegation of lawmakers to visit a U.S. territory found itself in an exchange of words with President Trump for leaving Washington during a partial government shutdown. The 36-member delegation was in town over the weekend for the annual summit of the Latino Victory Fund (LVF), an organization focused on increasing political participation, as well as a convention for Bold PAC, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s campaign arm. President Trump lambasted the Democratic trip in a tweet Monday morning and then again while speaking to reporters. “A lot of the Democrats were in Puerto Rico celebrating something. I don’t know, maybe they’re celebrating the shutdown,” Trump said outside the White House before going to speak at an event in New Orlea...
